Officers

President - John Poole 777-5588

Vice President - Jean Barkley 546-1651

Secretary - Twink Monrad 297-9454

Treasurer - Mark Gibson 297-4412

Board of Directors

2013 - 2013 Ted Rupp 743-8012

2013 - 2014 Jim Baker 886-2126

2013 - 2014 Skip Barkley 546-1651

2012 - 2013 Merlyn Hiller 296-4469

2012 - 2013 Pat McMullin 818-2455

2013 - 2013 Pete Peterson 886-9021 (Advisor)

Membership Chairperson

Wayne Klement 954-6298

Articles or news to be included in the Cutting Remarks should be emailed to your Editor,

Mike DeMeritt (silverlininggemstones@gmail.com), or feel free to call him at 520-203-

8430. Submission deadline is the 20th of each month. Thanks!

Please join us November

9th at 9 am for the monthly

meeting. There is an

optional social hour that

begins at 8 am followed by

an educational program that

begins at 9 am, followed by

the meeting. Visitors are

always welcome!

See us online at: www.lapidaryclub.org

Volume 2013, Issue 11, November 2013

“CUTTING REMARKS” The Official Publication of the Old Pueblo Lapidary Club

520-323-9154

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Cutting Remarks, Volume 2013, Issue 11, November 2013. Published monthly by the Old Pueblo

Lapidary Club, 3118 N. Dale, Tucson, AZ 85712. Telephone: (520) 323-9154, a non-profit organization.

November 2nd - OPLC’s big Silent Auction! Danny Harmsen, the auction chairperson, doesn’t do this in a few weeks! He works on this, the biggest money-maker for the Club, all year long. He receives donations for the Club, and often needs to pick-up from the donor’s home. We are talking about rocks, of course - often by the truck-load! He sorts, grades, packages the items, and prepares bid sheets. Then he organizes boxes of mixed packages for the Auction tables, so it all runs smoothly on the day of the Silent Auction. Not to mention flyers, signs, food, money-collection and, I’m certain, much, much, more.

So lets help Danny make this Auction another success in a long line of successes. Come to the Auction prepared to bid! Bring friends, tell fellow rockhounds, and anyone you know with an interest in the lapidary arts. It’s going to be a fun day! Bid up a friend - remember, it’s for the Club! Your Club! And don’t forget, you may find a treasure you can’t live without.

The following Saturday, November 9th, is our regular monthly meeting. See you there!

-John

THE PREZ SEZ ……………….…. by John Poole

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Carmen Bailey

Dan Moser

Kathleen Papenfuss

Aaron Savory

Betty Shapiro

Roger Tanner

Shelley Tanner

Tawny Weir

Fred Youngman

REMINDER

THERE WILL BE NO LABS DURING OR AFTER THE SILENT AUCTION ON

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd. NORMAL LABS WILL RESUME THE FOLLOWING

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th. THANK YOU!

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OPLC MONTHLY MEETING October 1, 2013

President John Poole opened the meeting at

10:20 and the speaker was introduced by Jean

Barkley and Twink Monrad. Professional

meteorite hunter Mike Farmer of Tucson spoke

to the members about his adventures which have

taken him all over the world. He brought some

meteorites for show and tell and also brought

some to sell.

After the program John Poole thanked Mike for

his presentation, and Mike Demeritt for bringing

the refreshments.

The minutes of the September monthly meeting

were approved as they appeared in the

newsletter.

There were two guests at our meeting.

Mark Gibson gave the treasurer’s report which

will be filed for audit. We are still doing fine

with our budget.

CLASSES: Jenny Coniglio will have a bead

stringing class starting after the November 9th

monthly meeting. If you are interested please

email her at : vlctucson@gmail.com or call her

at 400-6057 to sign up for the class which will

include many facets of bead stringing.

Billy Bob Riley has had no turnout for his

Tuesday evening silversmithing class or for his

Wednesday evening faceting class so until

further notice these classes are cancelled.

PROGRAM FOR NOVEMBER: Vice President

Jean Barkley will order a DVD from the Rocky

Mountain Federation to show at the meeting.

DECEMBER MEETING: This will be our annual

Christmas luncheon.

MEMBERSHIP: Wayne Klement reported a

total of 341 members.

NOVEMBER SILENT AUCTION: Saturday

November 2nd and Dan Harmsen reports it will

be excellent.

John Poole reported that the

training center restroom is being

renovated to be ADA accessible.

The work is being done by John, Pete Peterson

and Mike Tucker.

Skip Barkley and Mike Demeritt are heading up

the nominating committee for our upcoming

election. There are four spots open: Vice

President and three Board positions. Please call

Skip if you are interested in serving our Club as

a volunteer who will be able to help make

decisions and help plan the future of our very

successful lapidary club (his phone number is 520

-546-1651). Any nominee must have been a

member of our Club for six months.

John Poole asked that we all continue to bring in

aluminum cans as the cash helps the club.

He also announced that Gloria Jean Dana will

begin as a new monitor in the lapidary room on

Mondays from 9 to 12.

Jim Baker and Mark Gibson have completed the

light box to display the flowstone on loan from

Kartchner Caverns and it looks very nice.

NEW POLICY IN ALL CLASSROOMS/LABS:

This now includes the faceting and casting labs.

There will be a sign in/out sheet in all labs so the

names of all members using the rooms and

equipment and the hours of use will be recorded.

This is important for budgeting for new

equipment and also this will keep track of how

the rooms are being used. Also, please note that

the sign in sheets will have the rules for proper

use of the equipment listed and all members are

expected to abide by the rules.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 followed by

the drawings for door prizes and raffle. Ticket

sales were $131.

Respectfully submitted,

Twink Monrad, Secretary

PRIOR MONTH’S MEETING MINUTES... Twink Monrad, Secretary

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NOVEMBER PRESENTATION

Those Fabulous Thunder Eggs- DVD presentation

Everything you want to know about thunder eggs and locations where they are found, including Deming, New Mexico’s famous Baker Ranch.

Very well done DVD with great pictures and audio. Do you know why they’re called “thunder eggs” ?

If not, you will find out in this presentation.

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OCTOBER SPEAKER

In October, we were treated to an exceptional

presentation by Mike Farmer, an independent

Meteorite dealer and enthusiast. Mike was incredibly

knowledgeable and really knew his meteorites! He

shared many stories of collecting meteorites around

the globe, including some that were very unexpected!

A big OPLC “Thank You” to Mike for his presentation,

and here’s to hoping for a return performance! Mike,

hopefully next time you don’t have any new, $10,000+

paperweights!

THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW…

The words “racecar”, “kayak”, and “level” are palindromes - they read the same forwards or

backwards.

There are only four words in the English language that end in “dous” - stupendous, horren-

dous, hazardous, and tremendous.

There are two words in the English language that use all five vowels in order: “abstemious”

and “facetious”.

A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time, measuring 1/100th of one second!

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain (you may also know some people who have a similar

problem…)

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child is 2-6 years old!

February 1865 is the only recorded year in history without a full moon.

If the population of China walked by you eight-abreast, the line would never end because of

the rate of reproduction!

Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite!

The cruise liner QE-2 moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns!

All of the ants in Africa together weigh more than all of Africa’s elephants.

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OPLC PROXY

I, _______________________________________________, a member of the Old

Pueblo Lapidary Club of Tucson, Arizona, cast my vote for these candidates, and/or those

specific items listed below, and in my absence, do hereby tender by proxy to the Board of

Directors or (indicate a specific member, if so desired)

_______________________________________________________ to represent me and to

vote as they deem in the best interest of the club and on any other business which may be

considered at the meeting to be held on December 8th, 2013. In the event that I do not vote

my preference for those candidates and/or those specific items listed below, I also tender my

proxy vote to the entity indicated above to vote those items as they deem in the best interest

of the club.

President: (Vote for one for each Officer Position)

( ) John Poole

( ) ______________________________________

Vice President:

( ) Jean Barkley

( ) ______________________________________

Treasurer:

( ) Mark Gibson

( ) ______________________________________

Secretary:

( ) Twink Monrad

( ) ______________________________________

Board of Directors - Two-Year Term: (Vote for two)

( ) Diana Hara 2014-2015

( ) Dennis Murphy 2014-2015

( ) ______________________________________

( ) ______________________________________

Board of Directors - One-Year Term:

( ) Bob Powell

( ) ______________________________________

Signed_____________________________________, Date:___________________

NOTE: This is a snapshot of the proxy as it stands at the time of this printing, October 28th, 2013.

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LAPIDARY EQUIPMENT -

STERLING SILVER JEWELRY -

BOOKS - SLABS - ROUGH

STONES - BEADING SUPPLIES -

SILVERSMITH TOOLS

HOURS: (TUES - SAT 9:30 - 5:30

(CLOSED SUN & MON)

OPLC MEMBERS RECEIVE 10%

OFF ON ALL MERCHANDISE

EXCEPT SPECIALS. $10 MINIMUM

PURCHASE.

STERLING SILVER WIRES AND

SHEET RECEIVE THE NEXT PRICE

BREAK.

Ad Expires Sept 2014

THE OPLC JUNIOR EDUCATION COMMITTEE

WOULD LIKE TO THANK:

Merritt Simmons for all of the selenite he donated.

Linda Jensen for the large pieces of mica she donated.

Dan Caudle for the lovely quartz crystals from

Washington Camp he donated.

Scott & Paula Simmons of the TXI Quarry in Texas, for

The 48 pounds (!) of pyrite crystals they donated.

WITHOUT DONORS LIKE THESE, OUR JUNIOR EDUCATION

COMMITTEE AND PROGRAM SIMPLY WOULDN’T WORK -

SO THANKS AGAIN!

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Allen's Treasure House

Lapidary supplies, minerals, beads, watch batteries,

maps, prospecting tools, much more.

www.allens-treasure-house.com

4313 E Grant Road (near Columbus); Tucson AZ 85712;

(520) 326-5550; mail@allens-treasure-house.com

Call for hours.

Ad Expires Apr 2014

The more I design, the more certain I am that

elimination is the secret of beauty.

-Gustav Stickley

Ad Expires Apr 2014

Ad Expires June 2014

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MONEY SAVING DISCOUNTSMONEY SAVING DISCOUNTS

DAH Rock Shop - 10% on most items, $10 minimum purchase. 520-323-0781

3401 Dodge Blvd, Tucson

Colorwright - 520-623-3874 Web address: http://www.color-wright.com/, MAILING AD-

DRESS: 1520 S Desert Crest Dr., Tucson, AZ 85713. Amount of discount depends on

item(s) being purchased.

Jay’s of Tucson - 30% discount excluding orange tag items, sterling silver sheet and wire.

520-323-1123 (corner of Speedway & Swan)

4627 E Speedway, Tucson

Jed’s Rock Shop - 20% on all items. 520-882-6044 - 6275 N Sandario Rd, Tucson

Copper City Rock Shop - See ad in this issue. 10% discount with ad. 928-425-7885

566 Ash, Globe, AZ 85501

Kent’s Tools - 10% 520-624-8098 - 133 E Grant Road, Tucson

Tucson Mineral & Gem World - 10% 520-883-0682 Web address:

www.tucsonmineral.com 2801 South Kinney Road, Tucson

Arizona Lapidary - 10% discount for OPLC members. See ad in this issue. 520-399-6641

4699 E Pima St, Tucson

1/8 of a page -

2" H by 3 1/2" W

$36.00 per year

$18.00 per half year

$3.00 per month

1/4 of a vertical page -

4 1/2" H by 3 1/2" W

$48.00 per year

$24.00 per half year

$4.00 per month

1/4 of horizontal page -

2" H by 7 1/4" W

$48.00 per year

$24.00 per half year

$4.00 per month

1/2 page - 4 1/2" H by 7 1/4" W

$96.00 per year

$8.00 per month

Full page - 9 1/2" H by 7 1/4" W $168.00 per year $14.00 per month

Rate Schedule for Advertisements - - - Ad Sizes & Prices

DON’T FORGET

Please don’t forget to continue to bring in YOUR (or anyone else’s for

that matter) aluminum cans to the Club for recycling. Your contribution would

be greatly appreciated to help add $’s to the Club’s treasury. Thanks!

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COMMITTEES

ADVERTISING

Melinda Thompson 730-3082

BUILDINGS, GROUNDS & EQUIPMENT

Dave Arens 749-2413

CLASSES & PROGRAMS

Jean Barkley 546-1651

FIELD TRIPS (COMMITTEE)

Jerry Behn 761-1924

Bob O’Donnell 886-0384 (Chairperson)

Shiela Powell 578-1976

Al Romey 325-7263

HISTORIAN

Twink Monrad 297-9454

JUNIOR EDUCATION

Gretchen Arnaiz 747-1511

Sheila Powell 578-1976

KITCHEN

General Membership

LIBRARIAN

Twink Monrad 297– 9454

MEMBERSHIP

Wayne Klement 954-6298

SECURITY

John Poole 777-5588

SILENT AUCTION

Dan Harmsen 721-8452

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WEEKLY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Phone 323-9154

DONATIONS

Tucson Gem and Mineral Society graciously donated two framed annual gem

show poster pictures:

2004 - 50th Anniversary Poster – GOLD, and,

2012 – Minerals of Arizona - Wulfenite

To donate to OPLC, just see or contact Dan Harmsen. at 721-8452.

Mondays

9AM - 12PM Cabbing

Monitor - Gloria Jean Dana

1PM - 4PM Faceting Guild (Exp. Facetors Only)

Monitor - Paul Head 296-0331

1PM - 4PM Silversmith Lab

Monitor - Lou Akerman 290-6968

6PM - 9PM Beginning Faceting

Monitor - Earl Zoeller 886-3518

Tuesdays

9AM - Noon Cabbing*

Monitor - Mike DeMeritt 203-8430

9AM - Noon Silversmithing Lab

Monitor - John Poole 777-5588

10AM - 1PM Rock Sawing

Monitor - Jim Baker 886-2126

1PM - 4PM Beginning Faceting

Monitor - Mike DeMeritt 203-8430

Wednesdays

6PM - 9PM Beginning Casting

Monitor - Chuck Lundstrom 577-6446

6PM - 9PM Cabbing

Monitor - Keith Haubert 784-8283

6PM - 9PM Silversmithing Lab

Monitor - Bill Cascio 638-8144

Thursdays

10AM - 1PM Rock Sawing

(BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)

Monitor - Jim Baker 886-2126

Fridays

9AM - 12PM Cabbing*

Monitor - Mike DeMeritt 203-8430

Saturdays

8AM - 12PM Rock Sawing

Monitor - Jim Griffin

10AM - 3PM Silversmithing

Monitor - Terry Cox 296-4949

10AM - 3PM Cabbing*

Monitor - Ron Davidson 749-3157

* INSTRUCTION PROVIDED AS AVAILABLE,

MAY REQUIRE DOUBLE-PUNCHED

HOURS

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Old Pueblo Lapidary Club

(Cutting Remarks - November 2013)

3118 N. Dale

Tucson, AZ 85712

(520) 323-9154

OPLC Membership Application - Please Print

Name1 ____________________________Name 2 ___________________________ Date __________________ Local Address ________________________________________________________________________________ City ____________________ State ____ Zip Code ____________ Phone number (_____) ______________ Email address ____________________________________ Summer Dates: From__________ To ____________ Summer Address ____________________________________________________________________________ City _______________________________ State _______________ Zip Code _________________________ Type of membership: 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Annual Renewals

Single Member $25.00 $20.00 $15.00 $10.00 $20.00

Couple (same address) $35.00 $27.00 $22.00 $15.00 $25.00

Junior $12.50 $10.00 $7.50 $5.00 $10.00

Mail to: Membership Chairperson, Old Pueblo Lapidary Club, 3118 N. Dale, Tucson, AZ 85712

The Business Meetings are held on the 2nd

Saturday of each

month. A pre-meeting social hour (except for the December

meeting) is at 8:00 a.m., followed by an educational program,

and ends with the monthly meeting. Visitors are most welcome.